Volume 9 - CH 17

Tanikawa Sakuya and Yamamoto’s First Name

“Anyway, let’s head in.” prompted Yamamoto.

Since Yamamoto heard about Master’s place which has been relatively unknown until now from Nishiyama, Tatsuyuki-san’s reform plan might have worked out after all.

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Was the cute waitress Nishiyama mentioned Yoru? It’s a weird feeling finding out Nishiyama might have a thing for her though……

Also, I haven’t seen Yamamoto’s two other friends since we graduated from middle school but it seems they are doing great.

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“So who’s the cute waitress? Tanikawa?”

“Ah, so you didn’t know. You didn’t visit the shop at all during Golden Week, huh Takeru?”

“Yeah, I was taking care of Risa and Otoha until yesterday after all.”

“Well, look forward to it, Takeru-oniichan.”

“Oi, stop that already.”

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On the day I met Otoha-chan, I went back home and read through my notebook to refresh my memory of [Akasaka Otoha].

I also took the chance to read about the heroines of the second game I had forgotten as well.

I can’t remember what they look like anymore but it would be helpful if I can remember what their Gifts can do.

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“Eh? Have Akechi and Juumonji been here before?”

“Yeah, this is Sakuya’s dad’s place.”

“Hee, Tanikawa huh. I’m looking forward to this.”

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Yamamoto said as he entered the shop.

Takeru and I follow behind him.

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“Welcome.”

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We were greeted by Yoru’s bright voice.

Ahh, it’s way more refreshing to be greeted by a girl rather than Master.

This is nice. My mood got a little better.

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“Yoru! Your voice is too low!”

“Welcome!”

“Louder!”

“WELCOMEEEEE!”

“Go beyond your limits!”

“WELCOMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!”

“What do you call a good-looking man?”

“HANNNDSOMMMMMME!”

“YOU GUYS ARE TOO LOUD!!”

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I snapped at their noisy greetings.

What’s up with them all of a sudden?

This is not that kind of shop right?

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After the greeting, Sakuya who had been teaching weird greetings to Yoru appeared from the back.

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“Yelling [HANDSOME!] at customers is just weird right.”

“I saw Hideyori outside so I gave Yoru a rush course on specialized greeting. I have to do it before Hideyori scolds Yoru with something like [Stop it with that bland greeting! Don’t pretend to be innocent, woman!] after all.

“I’ve never said anything along that line though.”

“You’re not going to be like [Don’t give me that boring greeting!?] and get angry?”

“I’d be more than happy with a boring greeting you know.”

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Takeru and Yamamoto froze up and stared blankly at us.

Just what’s up with this place…….?

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“In the first place, what does a girl who can’t even properly say [Welcome] to customers have to teach other people?”

“Welcome.”

“This girl, She said it!?”

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Yoru also started staring at me and Sakuya.

It’s no good, at this rate I’m going to get wrapped up in Sakuya’s pace……

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“Ha, Haha……Welcome Hideyori-kun, Takeru-kun.”

“Ussu, hello.”

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When Takeru gives a slight bow to Master, Master noticed the existence of another person at his side.

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“I’ve never seen you before. Are you perhaps their classmate?”

“H, Hello, sir! I’m Yamamoto Daigo. Please take care of me!”

“Eh?”

“Eh?”

“Eh?”

“Eh?”

“[Eh?] what?”

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Me, Takeru, Sakuya, and Yoru all went [Eh?]

Only Master and Yamamoto were clueless about the reason.

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“Wait, Yamamoto Daigo?”

“I mean, that’s my first name, yeah……”

“Eh? Yamamoto’s first name?”

“All these times I thought your first name was Yamamoto……..”

“Bastard, you are that dirty joke guy!?”

“Eh?”

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The four came out with different comments so it’s Yamamoto’s turn to go [Eh?] this time.

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“You, Daigo is actually your first name……?”

“Yassir.”

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Even though I know that his full name is Yamamoto Daigo now, it still feels strange calling him Daigo.

This is the first time Yamamoto himself said his full name too so it’s gotten even weirder.

I do feel bad that no one uses his first name though.

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“Rather, if you think that Yamamoto was my first name then what did you think my surname was?”

“Yamamoto.”

“You thought my name was Yamamoto Yamamoto!?”

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Sakuya was the only one who truly didn’t know Yamamoto’s first name, it seems.

While Takeru and I were surprised at the revelation, Yamamoto awkwardly sat down.

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“Well, that seems like a surprise to everyone but, anyway, it’s nice to meet you, Daigo-kun.”

“Y, Yes…”

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From the side, Takeru goes [This person is Tanikawa’s father.] and introduces him.

It’s an unusual sight but there’s a customer here beside us but it’s a man I occasionally see here.

It seems he enjoys the friendly atmosphere here but he doesn’t really talk much himself.

I’ve talked with him several times before so I slightly nodded in his direction.

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“Alright, What’s your order?”

“Yoru, the tone.”

“……..Dear customers, may I take your order?”

“Not like that, you have to mess with Hideyori more. Let me show you okay.”

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Sakuya interjected and made Yoru step aside.

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“Hideyori, order.”

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That’s it.

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“Hey, that kind of customer service is just weird right!?”

“Yoru, try it.”

“Akechi, order.”

“You guys really are messing with me aren’t you?”

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The customer service gets 0 points here.

After that, Sakuya followed up with [It’s a joke] and Yoru properly asked for our order.

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“I will have pizza toast.”

“Neapolitan for me.”

“Yamamoto will have pizza toast and Taker’s is Neapolitan right.”

“……..ha?”

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Are these guys stupid!?

What are you doing, Takeru, Yamamoto?

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The correct choice here is to order [Coffee] right!

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I have scanned through the [Breakin the Chain of Sadness] thread over a hundred times already so I know.

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☆ [Breaking the Chain of Sadness] Q&A ☆

Q, There’s a CG of Yoru missing no matter what we do, is this a bug?

A, Try asking for a cup of coffee at the coffee shop.

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I also messed up on my first playthrough so I remember it.

I got to Yoru’s ending after I cleared all routes but there was one CG on Yoru’s page that was missing so I hurriedly went online to look for an answer.

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It’s a trap question that a lot of fans of the first game fell for.

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[[Despite how I look, I’m a great cook you know, Takeru.]]

[[Really.]]

[[Now now? Just order whatever you like.]]

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—> Order Neapolitan

Order a cup of coffee

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There were two choices.

And ordering Neapolitan would increase her favorability points.

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On the other hand, if you order coffee, Yoru will say [That’s not exactly cooking right] and her favorability will go down.

However, for whatever reason, if you pick that option you will get a CG of Yoru brewing you a cup of coffee. The correct choice of ordering Neapolitan did not have any associated CG, so that was messed up.

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Only Sakura Matsuri, that damn evil scenario writer, would be able to come up with that.

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And Takeru has already gone ahead and ordered Neapolitan to increase the favorability points.

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But that’s a wrong choice!

Even if you don’t do anything to increase the favorability points, as long as you don’t get intimate with Risa, Mishima, Mitsuki, or Eien-chan, you would be able to see her ending anyway!

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Ordering coffee and getting that CG is the only true path for [Breaking the Chain of Sadness] veterans.

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“I’m going with coffee. Can I get a cup of espresso?”

“Certainly.”

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Phew.

With this, I’ve procured my Yoru Hiru coffee brewing CG.

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“Master, a cup of espresso please.”

“Su~re.”

“Wha!?”

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It’s not Yoru Hiru coffee brewing event!?

Why do I have to watch a boring old man brew me coffee……..

This doesn’t make any sense……

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In the end, Takeru is the protagonist and I’m just the villainous best friend huh? My heart started to shed tears…….

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“Akechi, you sure you don’t want actual food?”

“Fried rice.”

“I’ve told you to order something that’s acutally on the menu before haven’t I!?”

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I was in shock so I just blurted out something I wanted to eat without thinking.

It can’t be helped, I guess I can go with pasta or whatever instead……

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“Fi~~~ne.”

“Eh?”

“Yamamoto’s order is pizza toast, Takeru’s is Neapolitan, and Akechi will have fried rice, correct? It will take several minutes, please wait.”

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Yoru went straight to the kitchen.

It seems she’s already gotten used to it with my earlier miso soup shenanigan.

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“What, Hideyori’s the only one who gets the special menu huh? You sure are loved.”

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Takeru slaps my back with a grin.

Seriously, what’s this guy saying?

Guess I should expect as much from Mr.Dense-Protagonist huh.

Author Note: Yamamoto Daigo has a lot of screen time lately.

When did he transform from a disposable side character into this I wonder……?

It’s refreshing to hang out with the heroines again as well.

Since the group is also a gathering of original Hideyori’s victims, there’s obviously going to be a non-heroine character here.

He’s a person with common sense, a common character who doesn’t have specific roles like Hideyori and Takeru.

A healing existence of the [Explode Riajuu] group.

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He has a girlfriend but the boy is obviously herbivorous so he didn’t make a move on her yet.

He’s pretty handsome but can not graduate from his virginity for some reason.

He’s often teased because of that by the two but they secretly envy the fact that he has a girlfriend.

He knows the heroines are aiming for Hideyori, Yoru is aiming for Takeru, and Takeru is aiming at Hideyori but he finds it funny so he chose to not say anything.

Yamamoto-kun is a fan of Hideyori and Takeru.

He was aiming for Emi in the past so he doesn’t root for HideXEmi.

He thinks that the two flirting is the best already.

He would never say that out loud though.

He doesn’t really get involved with the serious stuff and it seems he’s taking the role of the original Tsugaru Madoka in the daily life part of the game.

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For Yamamoto’s dirty joke attack on Yoru please see V8C2

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He’s disliked by Yoru because of that incident.

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Next, time for the meal!